Herron chicks - up close and personal

[spearo (Frank)]

Hello,

There was solid cloud cover last weekend so I decided to turn one of my less-used scopes to good use.

I hooked up the Sky Watcher 100mm with FL of about 1000mm to the 20Da, balance it on the back of a chair and point it, from the ground, at the White-Faced Herron nest to get some shots of the rapidly growing chicks.

I wish i could get better saturation from the shots but didn't want to push the processessing too far.

Anyhow,

Here are some of the shots i thought were interesting, usually because of the cute "pose" they took.

I like 2, 3, 4 and 7 the best so far.

I didn't climb up on the roof for these i must admit...maybe this weekend coming.

hope you like,

Cheers
frank

[spearo (Frank)]

Actually i think I like #6 the best!
The look that chick on the right is giving is sooo funny!
frank

[Dennis]

A nice series Frank – some difficult lighting conditions with the backlight and dull day. An interesting insight into a day in the life of these chicks! Good work!

Cheers

Dennis

[astroron (Ron)]

Nice shots there Frank the one on the right looks quite a bit bigger than the other two
There must be lots of food about to breed three, it will be interesting to see if all three survive.
Cheers

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Nice shots Frank. It must be fun watching then grow up!

Cheers,
Stephen

[spearo (Frank)]

Thanks Dennis, Ron and Stephen,

Yes they're lovely, I'm pretty confident they will survive we had them there before, I just dont know when they take flight? Soon I presume
frank

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

I love the way a scope can be used to capture images. At least i can use something to image other than space.

I tried it when I first got my camera. Cool stuff